Friday, March 17, 2017

A Crime Against Humanity

With Trump already having relieved the auto industry of Obama's targets for emissions reductions and his actions to accelerate the production of all fossil fuels, including coal, America has officially turned on humanity.

I'm beginning to think this bastard is Lucifer incarnate. $54 billion more for the military and zero for climate change, the one inescapable threat America, especially coastal and southern US, faces. I wonder what he's got against the United States and the American public or humanity in general for that matter?

The biosphere is in turmoil. We live, move and have our being within and as a direct result of the biosphere, as does all of earth bound life. The turmoil is manifesting in us as deep fear at a primitive brain level that our modern consciousness has little access to. Fight or flight is being activated. Acting out of most deeply held fears and prejudices follows. It's only just begun...

The Republican congress could hold Trump in check. But there are so few Republicans with backbones. Murkowski, Collins and McCain may be able to convince their caucus to rein in at least some of Trump's nihilistic budget policies on Climate change and Science: but to convince their Senate colleagues to moderate Trump's cuts, they'll have to go along with quite a lot of other cuts. Say goodbye to PBS, NEA and most of the EPA.

@ Dana. It's a choice and a military response to climate change impacts is the default option. Gwynne Dyer explores this reality in his book, "Climate Wars." Those who abandon even the more reasonable options for mitigation and adaptation are, in essence, opting for an eventual military response and sooner rather than later.

Once again Trump is ceding America's position of leadership and its place in the world to a prime rival, in this case, China. He's already done real damage to American influence in Asia Pacific not to mention Africa and Latin America. Europe, thanks to the Cheeto Benito, will be more accommodating to Putin.

Chris, I appreciate how destructive Trump could be to PBS, the NEA and EPA, but I'm particularly worried about how he might stand down NOAA and NASA climate satellite monitoring systems. If he defunds them, he blinds America - and the world - in both eyes.